Rochester General Health System
Community School Loan Forgiveness Program
About the Community School Loan Forgiveness Program
To increase consumers’ access to adult primary health care in the Rochester region, four local hospitals, a major employer group and the area’s largest health plan have created a fund that will help new physicians pay for their schooling. Starting in 2012, approximately $600,000 per year for the next four years will be made available through local institutions to provide loan relief to primary care doctors in return for a minimum of four years of service in Monroe and contiguous counties.
Funds will be administered through programs at Highland Hospital, Strong Memorial, Unity Hospital, Rochester General Hospital, and the recently formed Rochester Integrated Health Network. The network includes community health centers serving poor and low-income residents of Rochester including Anthony Jordan Health Center, Westside Health Center, Rochester Primary Care Network, Highland Family Medicine, and Rochester area hospitals. Physicians do not need to be employed by a hospital system or RIHN to be eligible to apply.
